Starbreeze Studios has largely built its reputation on creating games based on other people's properties, having gained wide acclaim for The Darkness and before that Chronicles of Riddick. Last week, the Swedish developer was confirmed to be at work on another established franchise, a Syndicate reboot for Electronic Arts, but it appears as if Starbreeze will have a crack at new IP as well.
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During a visit to NanaOn-Sha's Tokyo headquarters, I had the opportunity to try Rise of Nightmares couldn't be a more different experience. NanaOn-Sha founder Masaya Matsuura classified it as more of a "haunted house" experience. Think profoundly charming
demo begins on rails, on a cart guided down a railway like a haunted house ride, but that's just to ease you into the game. And, like any good haunted house, as you're slowly clack-clacking your way through the halls, spooooooky ghosts and skellingtons jump out to scare you. You dodge and avoid taking damage by moving your body to one side.
Hot on the heels of SOE's announcement of
Another issue with the increased market is console gamers. Outside of the Xbox LIVE subscription, console gamers don't really have to worry about extra costs unless they are purchasing new content. But the few MMOs which have made their way to consoles treat them the same way as they treat their PC counterparts. It's not just console gamers who have a problem with subscriptions. According to Smedley 40% of people who gave a reason for leaving
By taking up front and subscription costs out of the equation there is no real barrier stopping curious consumers from giving the title a shot. By appealing to a global market including China and Korea where the model is already a success and by cutting out the retail middlemen which restrict indie studios, Smedley thinks that that market will increase even more in terms of consumers and developers.
